Manufacturing Of Surface Coated Hybrid Binderless\ud Particleboard Made From Oil Palm Trunk And Acacia Mangium Wood\ud

The manufacturing process of binderless particleboards from treated oil palm trunk and Acacia species was investigated. Currently no attempt has been made to produce binderless particleboards from Aaacia species. The binderless particleboards target trials were made for effective utilization of hybrid Acacia species and oil palm trunk. Synthetic resins are generally the most expensive raw materials for the manufacture wood-based materials. Eliminating or reducing the use of resin will bring down the cost of particleboard manufacturing The effects Of treatments such as heat, steam or chemical and pressing conditions such as pressure, temperature and time were Investigated in order to get optimum manufacturing conditions of boards meeting the relevant standards. Binderless particleboards made from Acacia mangium and oil palm trunk creates a new brand product being environmentally friendly, greener product, at the same time will minimize the problems concerning issues such as waste disposal or recycling and health risks caused by the emission of volatile organic compounds from the resin